13.1% ▲ +0.8%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.0%
- 2016: 11.3%
- 2021: 13.1%
Share of people born outside Australia (birthplace-not-stated excluded).
Devon North · Suburb / Locality
Ancestry & Birthplace in Devon North
Where people and their families come from — the ancestries they identify with and where they were born.
Only 13.1% of people in Devon North were born overseas, which is around the middle for similar areas. This makes the area much less diverse in birthplace than the rest of Victoria or Australia. The community is primarily Australian and English by descent.
Ancestry
The ancestries people most identify with.
Australian and English ancestries are the most common, making up 44% and 40.1% of the population respectively. Irish, Scottish and German roots also feature, accounting for 12.5%, 9.7% and 6.5% of residents.
Country of birth
Australia and the largest overseas communities.
Most people here were born in Australia, representing 79% of the population. This is far below the Victorian figure of 30% and the national figure of 27.7% for overseas births, with England being the most common foreign birthplace at 4%.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Ancestry & Birthplace in Devon North [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20749/devon-north/topic/ancestry-heritage